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The Effects of Sign Prompts and Large Receptacles on Highway Littering in Richmond, Virginia

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Finnie, W. C. (1973). Field experiments in litter control. Environment and Behavior, 5, 2, 123-144.
Overall, litter was reduced by 28.6% when trash cans were present. No statistical differences were found between the highway with sign prompts and the highway without.

Cigarette Litter Resources

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Unknown November 22, 2005 04:44 PM
I just received today a CD-ROM guide from Keep America Beautiful (KAB) on reducing cigarette litter. KAB has been studying for the last several years how to reduce cigarette litte…

Waste Management & Harbour Authorities

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Alanna McPhee Truro March 16, 2006 12:26 PM
Dear members, I am looking for information on best practices related to solid waste management at fishing harbours. There are several challenges that have been identified by …

A CBSM Approach to Flytipping

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Sarah Pritchett July 12, 2006 04:15 PM
We have just finished our project on a CBSM approach to illegal dumping of rubbish (flytipping) in Porirua, Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Our final output for it was a Waste E…

Littering

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Unknown August 06, 2006 09:51 AM
Sarah Weller has asked that I post the following question for her: Can anyone send me examples of CBSM being used in campaigns to reduce littering? Best, Doug Doug McKe…

Cigarette Butt Littering

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Megan Warfield Olympia October 06, 2006 02:09 PM
Friends, Does anyone have any experience with providing small disposable foil packets (approximately 2 inches by 3 inches) to smokers as an alternative to littering their cig…

Coastal Littering

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Kelsey Vaughn Portsmouth June 19, 2007 02:55 PM
Greetings, I am currently working with my colleagues to enact a coastal anti-littering campaign in New Hampshire. We have already received data concerning types and amounts o…

Problem with Discarding Used Tires

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Kate Corwin Kansas City January 29, 2008 09:38 AM
Does anyone know of a city, county, or other organization that has paid citizens for old tires as a way to discourage dumping them on vacant lots? (Like a buy-back program?) Curr…

Innovative Litter Signs

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Unknown April 10, 2008 10:21 AM
Hi, I have the task of producing signs to try to help prevent littering. They are to be placed at key recreational points/parks that front our river. These areas are consiste…

Littering in Parks

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Cappy Manly April 10, 2008 12:53 PM
Dear Friends, I am looking for ideas, signs/messaging, and information that can assist parks in curbing the persistent litter problem. We have large problems in our parks tha…

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